Rishi Varma is departing as general counsel of Hewlett Packard Enterprise to become chief legal officer of agricultural giant Cargill.

Rishi Varma, incoming general counsel of Cargill. Courtesy photo

Varma joined HP in 2013, two years before the company split into two, with Palo Alto, California-based HP keeping the computer and printer business and Spring, Texas-based HP Enterprise encompassing its business services arm, which includes networking, software and consulting. Varma helped engineer HPE’s separation and then served as deputy GC until becoming legal chief in 2017.